Fatal Incidents
The fatal incidents topic deals with a range of articles, news and exclusives surrounding the unfortunate side of a responders’ job.
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Designating specific roles and other tips to make the hardest part of the job a bit easier
Is death notification training associated with decreased burnout among EMS professionals?
Tesla and government statements say Joshua D. Brown, 40, was killed May 7 in Florida, when his Tesla’s cameras failed to distinguish the white side of a turning tractor-trailer from a brightly lit sky
EMT Ashley Scott, allegedly killed by her husband, will be laid to rest this evening
Patrick Riccardi-O’Connor originally told police that his friend shot himself, but later admitted to accidentally shooting firefighter David Atherton
Brad Treat, 38, a law-enforcement officer with the U.S. Forest Service, was attacked by a grizzly bear while mountain biking near Glacier National Park
Emergency personnel at the scene of Tuesday’s collision have moved to a recovery operation
More than 230 people were injured by gunfire and explosions
Officials said Ashley Scott’s husband, a part-time EMT, will be charged with her murder
The man watched his wife stumble out the front door to a neighbor’s house as she collapsed in pool of her own blood
State National Guard officials said the response mission to the rafters involved military aircraft from around 600 miles away
The volunteer fire district now blocks roads at crash scenes after a newly minted medic was hit and killed by a truck
The girl’s family was killed after a train hit their van at a railroad crossing
The crash began when a vehicle collided with another vehicle exiting a gas station
Initial rescue efforts were complicated by heavy rains and the threat of more tornadoes and hailstorms
National Guardsmen are assisting in eight counties, helping local crews with swift water rescues, search and extraction efforts and health and welfare checks
A Texas man admitted to going inside to sleep and forgetting the infant in the van Tuesday
The man fatally shot a volunteer firefighter as he was responding to an emergency call
Attorneys said the paramedics did not check the woman’s vital signs, connect her to an EKG machine or follow cardiac arrest protocol
A man who had been stabbed by his wife died when the ambulance collided with another vehicle en route to the hospital
FDNY EMS Lt. JoAnn Restko fell from a ledge near Roaring Brook Falls while taking a picture
Four people, who organized the outing for 47 summer campers despite cyclone warnings, have been detained
About half of deaths occur at the scene of the injury or enroute to the hospital; bystanders and well-trained emergency medical services can make a big difference.
Nickie Naber, 17, was training to become an EMT when she was killed in a car accident last week
The truck killed 5 and injured 4 cyclists, leaving first responders with a chaotic and spread out scene
One of the agency’s air ambulances crashed in 2013, killing 2 paramedics and 2 officers on board
The Transportation Safety Board board said that the flight crew was not trained and prepared to conduct a night flight
Sheila Jeske visited the site of the crash after being discharged from the hospital, but she has no recollection of the incident
Divers found the toddler’s body 16 hours after authorities first got the call that a reptile had taken the boy at Seven Seas Lagoon
Images from a bomb detection robot of a battery part next to a body mistakenly led police to believe the gunman had strapped explosives to a body
EMS leaders, field personnel should review and reconsider their preparedness to respond to active shooters
Shooter dead in what is being investigated as an ‘act of terrorism’
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